Pixel Icon Raffle! - Winners!I have now raffled the winners! > v <
First winner is ~Kiwi-San and the second one is ~Frangasm.
Congratulations! ^ - ^
Here's the screenshots: (If the image won't load click here.)
You can now delete this journal from your favourites.
Thank you for joining everyone! > v 0
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10,000 Point Give-AwayAlright, my brother just left dA, so he gave me the rest of his points (20,000)
He told me because the Deviant Art community was so good to him (he said he met a lot of great people) that as a thanks I should give away half the points.
So, I'm going to hold a contest to make things fun.
You must:
*Watch me
*Advertise this journal
*Comment your journal here
*Favorite this journal
1st place gets 10,000 points
2nd place gets 2,000 points
Good luck guys

OPEN Raffle/Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]I barely noticed that I reached 1,000 watchers! :iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz:
I can't thank you gaiz enough. AND OMG--
Just thanks so much for liking my art and stuff. It means so much to me. I can't even describe it in words. :iconuhuhuhuplz:
So how about I describe it in a picture instead? A picture is worth a thousand words~
:iconureshiiplz:
So let me give back and thank everyone by doing a raffle! YUSH!
So let's begin!
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How do I participate?
You /must/ be a watcher to participate. Please do not watch me if you are just entering for this raffle. ;_;
If you are already a watcher, just favorite this journal. (:
Can I be entered more than once?
Yeup<3 If you make a journal about my raffle and show me proof (like a link to your journal), you get entered 1 more time.
If you comment here with corny/cheesy pick-up line or a funny picture,

CONTEST! Win 1500 points! P.Membership! And More!

Draw My Naruto OC Contest!!!
Manku Urakami
Shippuuden – right outfit

colors take from here http://tonemi.deviantart.com/art/Manku-Urakami-345814033
Pre Shippuuden

Her pairing Sora - http://s001.radikal.ru/i193/1305/de/d7f6152c3bc8.png
I want join! What I'll do?
If you want join:
*READ A RULES.
*I don't do some list of contest members, if you want draw for my contest, just do it!
*MOORE CREATIVITY!

*Send me link in finished draw here in comments, or in notes.
*I'll put your draw in *Entries
*Congratulations! Your' a member! :iconimsrspervplz:
Rules

Draw my Naruto OC Manku Urakami. It's can be all thet u want, fan art, face screenshots, couple art or else.

ART must be drawd for my contest! Not commission for me, not AT's, only new and your draws.

No base! No trace! Only own draws!

You may enter only one draw for every contest c

Weekly 100 Points Giveaway [OPEN] Week 3Alright, time for another one

There will be 2 winners ( 50

each ) on this giveaway.

It's easy to participate

This journal.

Share your favorite youtube channel.
And that's it :iconfeelingfreeplz:
The winner will be announced June 23
Extra: Please comment if you take point commissions :iconmikulaplz:
Good luck everyone.

Fan Art Contest! UPDATE WITH FAQ

hi everyone! to show my appreciation for all the love here on deviant art i am holding an otto an victoria fan art contest. the grand prize will be a signed limited edition of my book with an original drawing included! submissions must be done by july 17th! that gives you a month. be creative and have fun! please tag "otto and victoria" and "brian kesinger" and make sure your your piece is appropriate for all ages!
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i created a group here called OttoAndVictoriaFans http://ottoandvictoriafans.deviantart.com/ when you finish your entry feel free to submit it to that group so that all the entries can be in one place!
also i wanted to reiterate that all artistic media is welcome from sketching to sculpture, hand drawn to cg. thanks again and let me know if you have any other questions! thank you!

Microsoft Employees Disrupt Wii U Best Buy EventsRemember how Nintendo was showcasing some of their E3 games at participating Best Buy stores around the country? Well, apparently Microsoft employees have been hired to go to these events and preach about the Xbox One and make comments like "why would you buy a outdated Wii U when the Xbox One is right around the corner?"
However, the employees aren't getting what they hoped for. Most customers just start bashing the Xbox One in response. Seriously, Microsoft, the people attending these Best Buy Wii U events are people who are intimately familiar with the crap you pulled at E3. They ain't takin' your shit.
At first I thought this might just be a case of one really loyal Microsoft employee taking matters into his own hands (especially since the original source was /v/), but reports have come in from numerous Best Buy's around the country that indicate many Microsoft employees have ambushed the demo lines trying to persuade people to switch to the Xbox One.
Since so many reports have com

Win a Premium Membership! [Raffle]Ohaii everyone! Chieri here. >u< Still not dead yet. ~~Still just smelling like it.~~
I know I have been quite inactive the past month, alot of private stuff going on and upcoming exams, but I will try to be more active again from now on. I miss being here with you guys and drawing so much. I will try my best to at least submit something regulary and reply to all notes & comments sooner as I did lately. (I really apologize for the wait.) I promise. You may slap me really hard if I neclect it again.
As a little consolation / thank you / because I want to, I decided to raffle away

3 x a 1 Month Premium-Membership
^_^ Because I have some leftover points on my hand and I love hosting little events and raffles.
I hope everyone will enjoy participating. It's easy!
As usual I will use random.org to choose the 3 lucky winners, providing screens that everything will be 100% fair.

A giveaway??? Rules are below. (80 pts)Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.

The whole reason I'm doing this is because my group, #Traders-123, has reached over 100 members! And speaking of 100, I also got over 100 watchers!!!

What you have to do
Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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Prizes[Star!]
[Bullet; Green] 1st place is 50 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 2nd place is 30 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 3rd place is a llama.
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Deadline is July 4th. (It's an easy date to remember)

And some art exposure! (Just some random and a

10,000 Watchers! +PointsWow, 10,000 watchers! Shame it happened at the worst time (giveaways temporarily deleted).
Still...thank you all for sticking with me!
I guarantee we will have things running as normal again soon!
Much love,
Moomin-Man
PS: I'll giveaway 400

away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200

2nd 150

3rd 50

Join me on swagbucks! Get paid in gift vouchers if you don't have a credit card!

The Used Game ParadigmOver the course of this past generation I've been watching the video game market react to the way it's been forced to deal with increasing changes. I've come out against used game sales and even written a journal about boycotting GameStop because (like most people at the time) I believed they were the root cause of all the problems the video game industry has. But that's something I don't believe now as intently as i did then. From where I sit, piracy and used games sales are a problem, but not in the way game companies want us to believe that they are.
Used games are a good thing for consumers. We get to try games out, and if we don't like what we see or finish it early, we trade it in and try another title instead. It's a very good system for us since video game rentals are much harder to come by. Most video rental stores in America have gone extinct and outside specific Red Box Kiosks there aren't a lot of places for consumers to rent video games. The exception, of course, being thr

Please Pants Responsibly (Paper Notebooks FTW)

There are two ways to write a novel. Plotting (you make an outline, a plan, a roadmap if you will, and then you sit down and write it) and pantsing (you write "by the seat of your pants, throwing caution to the wind). So when I get asked if I'm a plotter or a pantser, I'm all like er, uh, hold on, let me? Pantser? I think? But I kind of, um, do planny things?
And it gets kind of awkward because in these inarticulate moments I have managed to confuse everyone including myself. And probably spilled a drink.
In recent discussions, however, I've had a bit of a revelation, silly as it is. I've realized that I -- like many writers -- am a plotter/pantser hybrid. And perhaps what I'm doing is something we could call Pantsing Responsibly. And, maybe, just maybe, I could share some of my responsible pantsing tips with other writers. Starting with paper notebooks.
Anyone can find a notebook. If there isn't alread

SPIKE updatesJust thought I'd share with you guys some updates on the progress of finishing my "SPIKE" novel.
A lot of people have asked me how it's going, when it will be published and stuff. I really appreciate getting asked these things because it shows that people are actually interested in my writings, and that it just such a great feeling

I've got two news for you guys today though: one bad news and one good news. Let's start with the bad news.
I haven't finished writing SPIKE yet.
And I honestly don't know when it will be finished - which oddly enough brings us to the good news:
I've made a new, major decision in the SPIKE story that I think a lot of you will be happy to hear. As usual I don't want to spoil too much, but there is a part in the story where Spike and Sam are separated from each other for quite a long while. At first I was planning on only writing from Spike's point of view, like, what he's experiencing during this separation period. I figured that since he's the main cha

Draw my OC Contest! $35 in prizes!Drawing Contest Topic: Drawing my Original Character doing something! Seriously, anything PG.
Deadline: September 13th, 11:59pm http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/

Guidelines for participants~

Your submission can be done in any drawing media (traditional, digital, pixel)
Please do not change or alter her gender without permission.
You can enter a maximum of three pieces, but only may win once
Send me a note or comment here with a link to your entry, and I'll add it to the entries folder. (I will not go searching for it)
You're free to submit your entry to any group you want, but you must accept my request to put it in my group #Collection-System

Drawing Smoochy is what this contest is all about!

Please link to this journal in your contest entry's description!
The entry must be made specifically for the contest! (You cannot use previous deviations for the entry, this includes bases. Collabs are fine as long as the

Music Is My Inspiration ContestWell guys I've decided to start my own contest, because I had awesome feedback on the idea ^_^
It'll be my first contest that I've held...EVER! So it's very exciting :3
So, about the theme of the contest. Well whenever I've felt down and blue because I've been slapped upside the head with an art block, I like to wallow in self pity and blast my favourite tunes XD (LOL) It's extremely therapeutic

and it really does help to inspire me with new ideas

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A perfect example would be my OC's Medi-kate & Black Nova, both created from inspiration from music.
http://fav.me/d609vsk http://fav.me/d5tfe4z
So basically the gist of it is, I want you guys to listen to some music, find a song that inspires you, pick one of my OC's, and create something awesome

With all that being said, let's get down to the nitty gritty details!
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Theme: Music Is My Inspiration
Deadline: 2 months from now (12 August 2013)
Rules:

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Mon Jul 11, 2011, 3:29 AM

No Llamas please

When I got back from my recent trip to Ireland I had a phone call from my brother to say my aunt had died. This was one of my mothers sisters, she would have been 87 this week. I now have just one of the original sisters left, she is 93. I felt very sad as I had not been told, however whilst I was away, I was in my daughters garden and looking out over the sea. [link] I had a sense that she had gone.

A couple of weeks passed and then a letter arrived from her solicitor to say I am mentioned in the will and have been left a small sum of money. I thanked my aunt mentally and am now in a better position to face the oncoming cold Winter.  It is not a lot of money but I am truly grateful to my aunt for thinking of me. This is her wedding, I was bridesmaid. My Mother is on the far left, the aunt who is still alive is the one on the far right. [link]

Yesterday my aunt phoned me and told me where I came from, I have never really known due to dysfunctional family situations. I knew my maternal grandmother's maiden name was Blount and that there was an Earldom in the history, dating back to Henry the V111. He was Master at Horse to the king.  However yesterdays revelation was pretty impressive. This was the house my grandmother came from...[link]

The latest update: I got in touch with the archivist for  Mapledurham house, he seemed very nice, I sent him a photo with all my aunts, in fact the one linked to above. He wanted to know all the details about my grandmother. On Tuesday morning I heard back from him, he has absolutely no record of my grandmother. Last night I was talking to my aunt again for 2 hours, I couldn't bring myself to tell her that she had the wrong end of the stick about who we are. She is 93 and has lived this story all her life. It is part of who she thinks she is... Personally I don't care, I am really glad as I hate any sort of class barriers and snobbery. However I can't tell others how to live their lives, this is her dream not mine...

Roz XX

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~yeahgirl11 Jul 15, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

That's terrible to hear Rozz. Not sure if you accept prayer, but if you do, I'm praying for you.

Thankfully you have children, so you'll never be alone, and you can carry on your family line. Kind of odd that no one else on your mother's side had no children. I mean, did they even have birth control in 1943?

=Rozrr Jul 15, 2011 Digital Artist

I was born in 1944. However my mother was second to youngest and according to the rest married an animal... Oh my God they had sex is the actual interpretation of that. They had birth control in Ancient Egypt. They use to shove a stone in their uterus, they did the same with the camels. My Aunts just didn't want children, hard to realise when they came from such a big family... Their careers were more important to them. I had 2 children a daughter first and then a son 17 months later, my daughter is 46 this Sunday same day as my son's Daughter, she will be 8. He has 2 older sons.

I am not sad about my Aunt, she would have been 87 yesterday. I hadn't seen her for many years. I have some nice memories from my childhood with her and a lot of bad ones...After my mother died, not one of them would give me or my brothers a home... Sometimes I would walk miles to see them and have the door shut in my face. However I am glad to have this little legacy, I have forgiven and forgotten the pain they all caused me and will use the small bit of money to help my own children and myself get through the coming Winter without worrying about the bills too much...

My Daughter lives in Ireland, I don't travel well now, we see each other when we can and have the money to travel. My son lives about 100 miles away and we try to see each other a couple of times a year. However we are always on the phone or Facebook and are all really close.

My eldest grandson has just started a great new channel on YouTube, if you have time please take a look. The user name is Previews4films... It's just trailers for all the forthcoming movies. I think it is really wonderful and a great project for a 14 year old boy. YouTube obviously like what he is doing as they have offered him a partnership. This has just happened this week and is really exciting. Hope you will subscribe and give him some support.

Thanks for everything

Roz XX

!SMerle Jul 12, 2011 Professional Photographer

Wow! Roz that is a total shocker. Sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt.

Its always nice to be remembered in such a special way. Its nice to know you will be a little bit more secure during the upcoming months. Takes a little stress off your shoulders.

=Rozrr Jul 12, 2011 Digital Artist

Yes thanks Merle. It won't last long as my kids are broke too.

=rockgem Jul 12, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

i'm so sorry to hear about your loss

but your family history sounds amazing to say the least and i'm glad you had a wonderful time over in Ireland

=Rozrr Jul 12, 2011 Digital Artist

Thanks Gemma. I am fine, been talking on the phone to the last remaining aunt for hours... I think she will get the telegram from the Queen. She is 93 and in great form...

=rockgem Jul 13, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

wow - now that would be something special a telegram from the queen it always amazes me when i stop to consider all the things both good and bad that a person aged 100 will have seen in their lifetime

=Rozrr Jul 13, 2011 Digital Artist

I think reaching 100 is the wonderful thing not the telegram. I am not in the slightest way a royalist. However it will mean a great deal to her. 7 years to go. Not long at all really.

=rockgem Jul 13, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

too true and you're right seven years is nothing really in terms of time

=snow-valkyrie Jul 11, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I am so sorry for your lose.

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